Police: Brockton man hides 20 grams of cocaine in buttocks

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Dec 7, 2017 at 3:58 PMDec 7, 2017 at 4:42 PM

State Police said a 30-year-old Brockton man with a a fully-loaded silver Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum handgun was arrested in Dedham after a violent struggle. Then troopers found 20 grams of cocaine concealed in his buttocks, police said.

Marc Larocque Enterprise Staff Writer @Enterprise_Marc

DEDHAM - With a trooper clinging to the outside of his car as he tried to drive away, a 30-year-old Brockton man with a fully-loaded handgun struggled violently to resist arrest following a highway traffic stop early Thursday morning, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

Carlos M. Andrade was pulled over while driving a Buick Century on Route 95 northbound in Dedham at 2:17 a.m. on Thursday, police said. Andrade began to struggle violently with troopers after they got the Brockton man out of his car and found a plastic bag of suboxone on him, said State Police, in a statement released about the arrest on 18 different drug, gun, assault charges.

State Police described a harrowing effort to stop Andrade, after he jumped back into his car and tried to get away.

"After troopers located a plastic bag believed to contain suboxone in Carlos M. Andrade's pants pocket, Andrade jumped back into his car, put it into gear, and began to drive away as Sgt. Walter Foley and Trooper Michael Murphy jumped into the car on top of him to subdue him and stop the car," said State Police, in the statement released on Thursday afternoon. "The suspect, driving a 2000 Buick Century, drove about 12 yards with the sergeant and trooper hanging onto the outside of the car, struggling with the suspect, before the trooper was able to bump the car into neutral, step on the brakes, and remove the keys from the ignition."

Andrade was hiding 28 grams of cocaine in his buttocks, which was found by troopers during a pat frisk, State Police said.

"With the suspect cuffed and back outside his car, troopers again conducted a pat frisk and located what they believed, through training and experience, to be another suspicious package concealed under his clothing near his buttocks," State Police said. "Andrade began resisting again in an apparent attempt to prevent the troopers from removing the package he was concealing. After another struggle, Sgt. Foley was able to remove the package, which was found to contain an off-white rock-like substance in a clear plastic bag."

It all began with a traffic stop, after a trooper said he observed that Andrade did not have an inspection, and then the trooper determined Andrade was driving while impaired, State Police said.

At two points during the struggle to arrest Andrade, State Police said, a trooper deployed his department-issued Taserto subdue the suspect.

"The sergeant and trooper were finally able to pin Andrade onto the car’s passenger seat and get him into handcuffs," State Police said.

Troopers then did a search of the car, finding a black, zip-style bag directly behind the driver’s seat, with a fully-loaded silver Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum handgun inside, along with a pocket knife and four individually wrapped bags of a "green vegetable matter" that investigators believe is marijuana, State Police said.

Troopers also determined that Andrade does not possess a license to carry a firearm.

In addition to a citation for not having an inspection sticker, Andrade was charged with the following: carrying a loaded firearm; carrying a firearm while intoxicated; committing a firearm violation with one prior violent or drug crime; possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card; possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card; assault and battery on a police officer (two counts); assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (two counts); possession of a firearm during a felony; resisting arrest (two counts); improper storage of a firearm; possession of a Class B narcotic with intent to distribute; possession of a Class B narcotic (subsequent offense); possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute (subsequent offense); operating under the influence of drugs; possession of an open container of marijuana; carrying a dangerous weapon (pocket knife); disorderly conduct; and trafficking in cocaine.

Andrade was expected to be arraigned at Dedham District Court on Thursday, but he was initially being held on a $500,000 bail.

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